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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2 Feb 2009 p. 9 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2 Feb 2009 p. 9 | ||
Birth date: 1923 Jan 16 | Birth date: 1923 Jan 16<br /> | ||
Date of death: 2009 Jan 8 | Date of death: 2009 Jan 8 | ||
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'''Biographical note:''' <br /> | '''Biographical note:''' <br /> | ||
Son of Cornelius " | Goessel, Kansas <br /> | ||
Son of Cornelius "Curt" and Anna (Dalke) Abrahams (husband 1) <br /> | |||
Married Ethel G. Ewert 1944 September 26 <br /> | Married Ethel G. Ewert 1944 September 26 <br /> | ||
Optometrist -- Hillsboro, Kansas | Optometrist -- Hillsboro, Kansas<br /> | ||
Bethel College Board of Directors, 1967, 1977 | |||
'''Bethel alumni note:''' <br /> | '''Bethel alumni note:''' <br /> | ||
Bethel College student 1942-43, 1946-47 | Bethel College student 1942-43, 1946-47<br /> | ||
'''Photo holdings:''' <br /> | '''Photo holdings:''' <br /> | ||
With wife (wedding) -- 1944 Hillsboro, Kansas. | With wife (wedding) -- 1944 Hillsboro, Kansas. <br /> | ||
Individual -- 1967<br /> | |||
Individual -- 1977<br /> | |||
Individual -- 1947 2 copies | |||
'''Sources:''' <br /> | '''Sources:''' <br /> | ||
Alumni card<br /> | Alumni card, Alumni Directory<br /> | ||
Jacob Abrahams Gen . . . 1993 p.61<br /> | Jacob Abrahams Gen . . . 1993 p.61<br /> | ||
Grandma database Profile #661554 | Grandma database Profile #661554 | ||
Latest revision as of 14:24, 26 March 2018
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2 Feb 2009 p. 9
Birth date: 1923 Jan 16
Date of death: 2009 Jan 8
text of obituary:
NORMAN E. ABRAHAMS
Norman E. Abrahams, 85, of North Newton, Kan., died Jan. 8, 2009. He was born Jan. 16, 1923, to Cornelius and Anna (Dalke) Abrahams in Goessel.
He married Ethel Grace Ewert on Sept. 26, 1944.
He served in Civilian Public Service at Colorado Springs, Colo., and at the National Service Board in Washington, D.C. He was an optometrist in Hillsboro until his retirement. He helped establish a program in which optometrists traveled to underdeveloped countries to provide eye care and dispense used glasses — Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity.
Survivors include his wife, Ethel; three children, Nan Graber and her husband, Don, of Monument, Colo., Dwayne Abrahams and his wife, Ruth, of Newton, and Nadine Abrahams and her husband, Norman Epp, of Denver, Colo.; two brothers, Ray Abrahams and Chuck Abrahams, both of Hillsboro; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by a son, David E. Abrahams, who died in 1962, and by a sister, Verna Koehn.
A private burial service was held on Jan. 12. A memorial service is planned for Feb. 1 at Bethel College Mennonite Church of North Newton.
MLA Personal Photos Collection
Biographical note:
Goessel, Kansas
Son of Cornelius "Curt" and Anna (Dalke) Abrahams (husband 1)
Married Ethel G. Ewert 1944 September 26
Optometrist -- Hillsboro, Kansas
Bethel College Board of Directors, 1967, 1977
Bethel alumni note:
Bethel College student 1942-43, 1946-47
Photo holdings:
With wife (wedding) -- 1944 Hillsboro, Kansas.
Individual -- 1967
Individual -- 1977
Individual -- 1947 2 copies
Sources:
Alumni card, Alumni Directory
Jacob Abrahams Gen . . . 1993 p.61
Grandma database Profile #661554